Book On Shivaji

The Bombay High Court came down heavily on Satara police for seeking action against a professor who referred to late activist Govind Pansare's book 'Shivaji Kon Hota' while pacifying agitated students during an event.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that fact-based historical accounts, which inspired new generation, were the need of the hour.

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday questioned its former ally BJP's "separate yardsticks" of "freedom of expression" on the JNU violence and the controversial book comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Terming BJP leader Udayanraje Bhosale as "Ajanata Raja", Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant on Tuesday hit back at Chhatrapati Shivaji's descendant, saying people of the state do not take criticism by him seriously.

BJP leader Udayanraje Bhosale, who is the descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, on Tuesday said nobody in the world can be compared to the 17th century Maratha warrior king.

Amid a massive controversy in Maharashtra over the comparison of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji in a book, BJP leader Jai Bhagwan Goyal - the author- today said the PM has been working like the warrior king ever since he came to power, and people of the country feel safe under his rule.

An unidentified person has been booked for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile of former cricketer Sandeep Patil and trying to seek on it phone numbers of well-known personalities.

Opposition parties in Maharashtra on Thursday demanded that a Marathi book, recommended to school students for extra-curricular reading, should be withdrawn as it contains a derogatory reference to prince Sambhaji, the eldest son of King Shivaji.

Two constables attached to the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police have been arrested by officers from the same department for selling drugs seized in various cases yesterday. Cops recovered 1,500 kilograms of charas from the duo. The constables, identified as Ashok Baburao Suryavanshi (50), and Shivaji Balkrishna Kshirsagar (37), both r...

A 28-year-old software engineer was made to spend a few hours in the railway lock-up for molesting a 16-year-old in the wee hours aboard the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express on September 7. Prasad Chande, a Bhandup resident, was booked for indecent behaviour by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus police for trying to molest Sujata Gaikwad (name changed) ...

Oxford University Press (OUP), which had first published the controversial book by US author James Laine on Chhatrapati Shivaji, has told Maharashtra government that it won't be publishing fresh copies of the book.OUP India Managing Director, Manzar Khan, has written to the government, assuring that the publishing house won't be printing more copie...

The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Shivaji, but the Maharashtra government, the Opposition and even the book's publishers all seem to agree that the book must not be sold in the state.At stake is the issue of who can monopolise the Shivaji legacy and the Maratha vote, which accounts for 30 per cent of the el...

The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Shivaji, but the Maharashtra government is looking for an emergency exit. At stake is the issue of who can monopolize the Shivaji legacy and the Maratha vote, which accounts for 30% of the electorate.  The opposition Shiv Sena and the BJP made fiery references to the b...

Close on the heels of the Supreme Court lifting the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharashtra government has set up a three-member committee to explore legal options to stop its printing and circulation in the state."At no cost, there should be printing and circulation of the book in the state," Chief Minis...

Maharashtra Government has said that it favoured continuation of the ban on US author James Laine's controversial biography of Shivaji Maharaj and was seeking legal opinion after the Supreme Court turned down its plea in this regard."I personally and the state government also, feel that the ban should continue.... We are seeking opinion of legal ex...

The Bombay High Court came down heavily on Satara police for seeking action against a professor who referred to late activist Govind Pansare's book 'Shivaji Kon Hota' while pacifying agitated students during an event.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that fact-based historical accounts, which inspired new generation, were the need of the hour.

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday questioned its former ally BJP's "separate yardsticks" of "freedom of expression" on the JNU violence and the controversial book comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Terming BJP leader Udayanraje Bhosale as "Ajanata Raja", Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant on Tuesday hit back at Chhatrapati Shivaji's descendant, saying people of the state do not take criticism by him seriously.

BJP leader Udayanraje Bhosale, who is the descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, on Tuesday said nobody in the world can be compared to the 17th century Maratha warrior king.

Amid a massive controversy in Maharashtra over the comparison of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji in a book, BJP leader Jai Bhagwan Goyal - the author- today said the PM has been working like the warrior king ever since he came to power, and people of the country feel safe under his rule.

An unidentified person has been booked for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile of former cricketer Sandeep Patil and trying to seek on it phone numbers of well-known personalities.

Opposition parties in Maharashtra on Thursday demanded that a Marathi book, recommended to school students for extra-curricular reading, should be withdrawn as it contains a derogatory reference to prince Sambhaji, the eldest son of King Shivaji.

Two constables attached to the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police have been arrested by officers from the same department for selling drugs seized in various cases yesterday. Cops recovered 1,500 kilograms of charas from the duo. The constables, identified as Ashok Baburao Suryavanshi (50), and Shivaji Balkrishna Kshirsagar (37), both r...

A 28-year-old software engineer was made to spend a few hours in the railway lock-up for molesting a 16-year-old in the wee hours aboard the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express on September 7. Prasad Chande, a Bhandup resident, was booked for indecent behaviour by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus police for trying to molest Sujata Gaikwad (name changed) ...

Oxford University Press (OUP), which had first published the controversial book by US author James Laine on Chhatrapati Shivaji, has told Maharashtra government that it won't be publishing fresh copies of the book.OUP India Managing Director, Manzar Khan, has written to the government, assuring that the publishing house won't be printing more copie...

The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Shivaji, but the Maharashtra government, the Opposition and even the book's publishers all seem to agree that the book must not be sold in the state.At stake is the issue of who can monopolise the Shivaji legacy and the Maratha vote, which accounts for 30 per cent of the el...

The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Shivaji, but the Maharashtra government is looking for an emergency exit. At stake is the issue of who can monopolize the Shivaji legacy and the Maratha vote, which accounts for 30% of the electorate.  The opposition Shiv Sena and the BJP made fiery references to the b...

Close on the heels of the Supreme Court lifting the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharashtra government has set up a three-member committee to explore legal options to stop its printing and circulation in the state."At no cost, there should be printing and circulation of the book in the state," Chief Minis...

Maharashtra Government has said that it favoured continuation of the ban on US author James Laine's controversial biography of Shivaji Maharaj and was seeking legal opinion after the Supreme Court turned down its plea in this regard."I personally and the state government also, feel that the ban should continue.... We are seeking opinion of legal ex...